With the threat of criminal charges behind him, where does Deshaun Watson go from here?
With criminal charges now out the window, how quickly does the trade market ramp up for Deshaun Watson?I said last week, when it was announced that a Harris County grand jury would be hearing evidence from the district attorney on the slew of criminal complaints against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, that Friday could be the most pivotal day in the nearly year long legal saga in which Watson has been embroiled.criminal charges, Friday lived up to the hype.
So let's do a little reset, and do some"Deshaun Trade 101" educating. I feel like I've done some version of this post on a monthly basis for over a year, but as I mention above, it's much more relevant and real after Friday's news. Here we go:I mentioned it above, but I'll reiterate in more detailed form here.
The fact of the matter is that the criminal side was always the bigger obstacle to a trade, because it's the one thing that impacts Watson's availability. If you go to jail, you can't play football. You CAN play football while settling or working on civil lawsuits , as long as the NFL lets you. The NFL, though, takes its cues on suspensions from the criminal justice system, not civil suits. If Watson were indicted on Friday, there would have been some response from the NFL.
Now, with no indictment, the NFL could still suspend Watson. After all, the league HAS been doing its own investigation. However, it is much more likely to be a cosmetic"slap on the wrist" of just a few games, and it wouldn't shock me if the punishment were somehow centered around COVID violations Watson committed in the year he was getting these massages, most of which coincided with the height of the pandemic.
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